To unify state management and improve the efficiency of surveying and mapping activities within the city, on March 5, 2026, the Office of the Hai Phong City People's Committee issued Official Dispatch No. 2247/VP-NNMT regarding the implementation of Consolidated Document No. 22/VBHN-BNNMT from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment. This is a critical step in concretizing the provisions of the Law on Surveying and Mapping, contributing to socio-economic development and ensuring national defense and security.
A Synchronous and Comprehensive Legal Framework
Consolidated Document No. 22/VBHN-BNNMT integrates all revisions from Decrees No. 136/2021/ND-CP, 22/2023/ND-CP, and most recently, Decree No. 39/2026/ND-CP. The Decree provides detailed regulations ranging from establishing national survey networks and updating geographic base databases to managing survey infrastructure, providing data, and issuing specialized operating licenses. One significant new development is the transfer of specialized management authority from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment to align with the government's new organizational structure.
Strict Reporting Regimes and Data Management
The Decree clearly stipulates the responsibility for annual reporting on surveying and mapping activities by ministries, sectors, and provincial-level People's Committees. The reporting period runs from January 1 to December 31 each year. Surveying and mapping organizations must submit reports via the electronic information system within 10 days after the end of the reporting period. Regarding data updates, the Decree requires the national geographic base database to be updated fully and accurately according to technical standards. Specifically, traffic and population data must be updated annually to ensure up-to-date information for urban management and disaster prevention. Data on national borders and administrative boundaries must be updated immediately upon any changes.
Protection and Operation of Surveying Infrastructure
Surveying infrastructure projects, including satellite positioning stations and survey markers, are identified as important national assets. The Decree strictly regulates protection corridors for each type of marker: (1) National coordinate markers: A protection corridor with a radius of 50 meters from the center of the marker; (2) National elevation markers: A protection radius of 20 meters; (3) National gravity markers: A protection radius of 10 meters; (4) Satellite positioning stations: A protection radius of up to 50 meters from the center of the signal-receiving antenna.
The document also emphasizes that national survey reference points must not be moved or demolished. The relocation of regular survey markers is only permitted when required for socio-economic development or national defense and security, and when the original position cannot be maintained.
Improving Public Service Quality and Operating Licenses
To ensure professionalism and transparency, a detailed list of surveying and mapping activities requiring licenses has been established, ranging from project planning and product quality inspection to aerial imagery data collection and remote sensing data processing. The Decree also specifies the minimum number and qualifications of technical staff for each activity. For example, to be licensed for constructing national coordinate and elevation networks, an organization must have at least 06 technical staff, including at least 02 with university degrees. License applications are received through the online public service system of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment or the National Public Service Portal. Within 02 working days, the receiving agency is responsible for checking the completeness and validity of the application.
Decisive Implementation Guidance in Hai Phong
Following the instructions of First Vice Chairman Le Anh Quan, Hai Phong identifies the implementation of this Consolidated Document as a key task for the resources sector, which has now been transferred under the fields of agriculture and environment. The City People's Committee has assigned the Department of Agriculture and Environment to lead and coordinate with relevant departments, sectors, and the People's Committees of communes, wards, and special zones to seriously implement these regulations. Key tasks include:
- Widely disseminating and propagating the new regulations to organizations and individuals performing survey activities in the area.
- Reviewing and counting survey markers on land areas planned for transfer to agencies or organizations to establish timely protection or relocation plans.
- Promoting digital transformation in geospatial data management, ensuring the connection and integration of the city's data with the Vietnam Geospatial Portal.
- Strictly enforcing the reporting regime and managing organizations and individuals issued with surveying and mapping practice certificates in the locality.
Strict enforcement of these regulations not only helps Hai Phong closely manage land and spatial resources but also creates a solid digital data foundation, propelling the port city toward modern and sustainable development in the future.